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>> to romney? >> right now. >> i've had him on my show and he has a spark. he has -- i was asking some elementary questions. he has a reagan quality about him, and if he could just hone in on that a little bit. just trust his charisma and his ability to really nurture the american people, and if people can zone into that, he does have a bit of a reagan quality, i believe. >> i mean, don't you -- i've called it the most underrated politician around. >> yes, yes. >> we will see if that's right or wrong. don't you think people will see through, see a good man. i was talking earlier. if you look at some of the numbers in the tax returns, janine. it's possible he gave $50 million in charitable contributions in the last 20 years, $50 million. >> i do think he's a good man. i think he's a good man and will do a great job with this country and he'll stick to conservative principles. just constitutional principles and get our -- we're playing off a cliff here. i believe if obama is re-elected we're looking at a $20 trillion debt. we can't sustain our country that way
>> to romney? >> right now. >> i've had him on my show and he has a spark. he has -- i was asking some elementary questions. he has a reagan quality about him, and if he could just hone in on that a little bit. just trust his charisma and his ability to really nurture the american people, and if people can zone into that, he does have a bit of a reagan quality, i believe. >> i mean, don't you -- i've called it the most underrated politician around. >> yes, yes....
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you're right, romney should milk this for every shred he can, i don't know whether he will. >> that's the question. jennifer rubin, let me go back to you on this. ed rendell is a blaming the republican house of representatives but they're only one-third of the government. but let me stay with this. has bernanke given romney a big opening? probably inadvertently. i want to come back to bernanke/obama politics in a second. when is romney going to deliver the big economic speech, jennifer, before the debates to really connect with the american voter on why his program of lower taxes and spending will rejuvenate the terrible economy that ben bernanke described? >> i don't know when he's going to do it. jimmy p. and i keep writing these columns hoping he'll pick some of our wisdom up and go for it. but he does. he has a problem connecting the dots and putting it out to the american people. i don't think it's going to work. in fact i think it will make his situation worse for the following reason -- this helicopter bill and obama are now operating a 1% economy. it's great for the stock mark
you're right, romney should milk this for every shred he can, i don't know whether he will. >> that's the question. jennifer rubin, let me go back to you on this. ed rendell is a blaming the republican house of representatives but they're only one-third of the government. but let me stay with this. has bernanke given romney a big opening? probably inadvertently. i want to come back to bernanke/obama politics in a second. when is romney going to deliver the big economic speech, jennifer,...
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governor romney is right, it was a two-week delay. if you look at the transcript of the rose garden interview, the president didn't talk about a terrorist act. he referred to general acts of terror in the abstract. so i think that interchange was a little confusing for many viewers, but the plain english is very clear. >> can i just ask you something. there are a lot of on the governor's tax plan and i think he did a good job depefending i. i'm surprised that he didn't talk about getting the spending share of gdp down from 20% to 4%, no matter how you slice that will be something close to $2 trillion which would not only help balance the tax plan but probably would promote growth by taking less out of the private sector. where was the spending restraint, which i might add is so politiccally popular? >> well, larry, you're asking a great question. when governor romney was talking about the need for social security and medicare reform, when he talked about federal debt, that's clearly discussion of the need to restrain federal spending,
governor romney is right, it was a two-week delay. if you look at the transcript of the rose garden interview, the president didn't talk about a terrorist act. he referred to general acts of terror in the abstract. so i think that interchange was a little confusing for many viewers, but the plain english is very clear. >> can i just ask you something. there are a lot of on the governor's tax plan and i think he did a good job depefending i. i'm surprised that he didn't talk about getting...
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i never saw any sign of the public support. >> here comes governor romney right now after calling to concede. let's listen to the governor. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so very much. thank you. thank you. i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his vibtry. his supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. i wish all of them well, but particularly the president and the first lady and their daughters. this is a time of great challenges for america and i pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation. [ applause ] i want to thank paul ryan for all that he has done for our campaign [ applause ] and for our country. besides my wife ann, paul is the best choice i have ever made. [ applause ] and i trust that his intellect and his hard work and commit tomt principle will continue to contribute to the good of our nation. [ applause ] i also want to thank ann, the love of my life. [ applause ] she would have been a wonderful first lady. [ applause ] she has been that and more to me and to our family and to the many people that
i never saw any sign of the public support. >> here comes governor romney right now after calling to concede. let's listen to the governor. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so very much. thank you. thank you. i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his vibtry. his supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. i wish all of them well, but particularly the president and the first lady and their daughters. this is a time of great challenges...
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right, obama wants to raise taxes and here's romney who wants to cut them. and romney has to explain to people why it's a luge contrast. >> that's one area he needed to become a little bit specific. that would have kbn an important point for him to make. >> thank you, gentlemen. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. we will do much more about the charlotte convention next few days. including tomorrow night. free market capitalism is still the best path to prosperity. maybe there's a democrat who will listen to that. want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? whoa... [ male announcer ] humana understands the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go se
right, obama wants to raise taxes and here's romney who wants to cut them. and romney has to explain to people why it's a luge contrast. >> that's one area he needed to become a little bit specific. that would have kbn an important point for him to make. >> thank you, gentlemen. that's it for this evening's show. thanks for watching. we will do much more about the charlotte convention next few days. including tomorrow night. free market capitalism is still the best path to...
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and mitt romney -- >> right -- >> is under a commander-in-chief task. a task that he has already failed. when he went overseas recently, this past summer on that duke's of hazard tour that was full of bluster and blunder. that was an embarrassment to himself and the country. >> the poll is awfully tight. mayor hall, mayor coleman, thanks so much for your time. >> next, mr. "mad money," jim cramer. >> the economy, the deficit, none of the above according to jim. see what he's watching and how you can profit from it. stay with us. h us. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy unde
and mitt romney -- >> right -- >> is under a commander-in-chief task. a task that he has already failed. when he went overseas recently, this past summer on that duke's of hazard tour that was full of bluster and blunder. that was an embarrassment to himself and the country. >> the poll is awfully tight. mayor hall, mayor coleman, thanks so much for your time. >> next, mr. "mad money," jim cramer. >> the economy, the deficit, none of the above according...
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the reality is, romney's heart is in the right place. he's saying he's against too big to fail as any sensible person ought to be. the reality is, as long as those banks are that big they're too big to fail. and the only way that you're ever going to withdraw the moral hazard, government safety net from those banks is to break them up. so if you think mitt romney is going to do that then you and i have a disagreement. his heart's in the right place but he's never going to do that. >> jeff, thank you very much. we appreciate it. don staying for the rest of the show. >>> the center for disease control is trying to contain a killer disease from spreading in the u.s. details up next. >>> here's here's a number to remember. the public debt of the u.s. went up by more than 93 million where. that's up more than all the debt of the federal government between independence day 1776 and october 1942. think of it. we'll be right back. you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometim
the reality is, romney's heart is in the right place. he's saying he's against too big to fail as any sensible person ought to be. the reality is, as long as those banks are that big they're too big to fail. and the only way that you're ever going to withdraw the moral hazard, government safety net from those banks is to break them up. so if you think mitt romney is going to do that then you and i have a disagreement. his heart's in the right place but he's never going to do that. >>...
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he's senior romney campaign foreign policy adviser. all right. we evened it out. put cutter's statement up there. now we have my friend ambassador rich. you know, i'm reading jennifer -- jennifer reuben's blog today, and she told me something i didn't know. i want to getake on this. you're a state department alumni. charlene lamb of the state department apparently followed the attack on our benghazi consulate in realtime, in realtime, which is how i guess it works nowadays and therefore knew that this was not a protest about a video, but this was a gang of al qaeda-related thugs who took over the embassy. she filed this in realtime. if she had that information, then hillary clinton had that information, and if hillary clinton had that information, richard williamson, president obama had that information, and that's why americans are burned up. >> well, we know that the day after the tragic events in benghazi that a senior state department official briefed some people on capitol hill, referred to it as a terrorist attack so clearly the administration, the gang that
he's senior romney campaign foreign policy adviser. all right. we evened it out. put cutter's statement up there. now we have my friend ambassador rich. you know, i'm reading jennifer -- jennifer reuben's blog today, and she told me something i didn't know. i want to getake on this. you're a state department alumni. charlene lamb of the state department apparently followed the attack on our benghazi consulate in realtime, in realtime, which is how i guess it works nowadays and therefore knew...
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romney is boeing to do point by point go right at the president. he will go right at the president's record. with numbers and facts and figures the way he did in the lastebates that right? >> that is right. remember in the first debate the president was overwhelmed by how romney brought the data. he is going to try to stick to the facts and go right at the president. and make his case. >> i don't know that president is not going to come with his own facts? i'm sure he will be full of data and ready to attack him. >> but romney larry, isn't obama under so much pressure tonight? president the president had such a flat debate. he is going to have to show so much aggression. >> i was going to ask ab about the joe biden disease. >> it is not like him his problem is being too cool and too calm. if he gets too aggressive and he looks like he is snarling. it could come off as ugly and be a mistake. that is what romney did. he looked into the camera and he was the reasonable alternative. this is 80 voters. they are from nassau county. so the president, if h
romney is boeing to do point by point go right at the president. he will go right at the president's record. with numbers and facts and figures the way he did in the lastebates that right? >> that is right. remember in the first debate the president was overwhelmed by how romney brought the data. he is going to try to stick to the facts and go right at the president. and make his case. >> i don't know that president is not going to come with his own facts? i'm sure he will be full...
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and i think governor mitt romney's got it absolutely right. we can't make a deal with the democrats that results in real action beneficial to america. they're just not interested. they proved that already too many times. >> all right. so -- >> stop the bad stuff from happening and move on to the good stuff after the election. >> january 3rd for the new congress and january 20th for the inauguration of the new president romney. now, mark penn, i want to give you a chance for equal time, buddy. i appreciate your coming on. the fearless kudlow forecast. romney 52, obama 48. and the senate goes republican by 51-47. if my arithmetic is right. what do you think? >> i just think you're counting your chickens before they're hatched. i think right now obama's ahead. romney has not yet shown any real stuff that can take him past obama. maybe he hasn't come out yet. i think he's got some opportunities. but remember, at 48% approval the president's close enough to the 50% mark that if people don't like romney -- and look, this dream that there's going to
and i think governor mitt romney's got it absolutely right. we can't make a deal with the democrats that results in real action beneficial to america. they're just not interested. they proved that already too many times. >> all right. so -- >> stop the bad stuff from happening and move on to the good stuff after the election. >> january 3rd for the new congress and january 20th for the inauguration of the new president romney. now, mark penn, i want to give you a chance for...
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larry, on that point, you're absolutely right. that's the narrative that a lot in the press want to further, and certainly they are looking forward to a battle between obama and mitt romney. but all i'm saying is that there are enough caution flags along the way. remember, yes, i think rick laid it out very clearly, what mitt romney won between florida and nevada. but the reality of it is, you still had in each of those cases a significant number of conservatives who have not lined up behind him and he still has to make the case to the base. super tuesday, which is going to be a whole lot of southern states, is going to be a huge we' beach hit for him. and right now the angle is for newt and for santorum to do well. >> i think newt is going to have trouble surviving. but i could be dead wrong. keith boykin, thank you. michael steele, rick lasio, appreciate it. now, folks, talk about ridiculous. animal activists clog up the federal court system, and our tax dollars, by suing to get five sea world whales freed. wait until you hear w
larry, on that point, you're absolutely right. that's the narrative that a lot in the press want to further, and certainly they are looking forward to a battle between obama and mitt romney. but all i'm saying is that there are enough caution flags along the way. remember, yes, i think rick laid it out very clearly, what mitt romney won between florida and nevada. but the reality of it is, you still had in each of those cases a significant number of conservatives who have not lined up behind...
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who is on the right track here? >> yes. i mean, clearly reagan is right and romney was right. they're different times. you can't compare things exactly on a parallel. great unemployment was 8.3 now. it was 7.6 when obama took office. in fact, the lowest unemployment the rate has been since obama has been president was the day he took office. and another way it's sort of hard to compare what candidates are proposing to ronald reagan is that when reagan came in, what the highest tax rate was 70%? he took all the low hanging fruit on taxes. today the issue is government regulation, is government agencies, growing, growing. >> come on, ann -- >> we have bureaucracies that haven't been put in place. >> if it hasn't been put in place, how is it killing the economy, ann? the truth is we've had now 23 consecutive months of private sector job growth, 3.7 million new jobs. all the jobs that were lost in the obama administration, all of them pretty much were lost in the very first year because of the bush recession that he inherited. most of the recovery that's taken place has been becau
who is on the right track here? >> yes. i mean, clearly reagan is right and romney was right. they're different times. you can't compare things exactly on a parallel. great unemployment was 8.3 now. it was 7.6 when obama took office. in fact, the lowest unemployment the rate has been since obama has been president was the day he took office. and another way it's sort of hard to compare what candidates are proposing to ronald reagan is that when reagan came in, what the highest tax rate...
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even though congressman weber is right, romney has said all the right things, but there's a lingering sense romney hasn't said enough. >> and vin, there is tremendous public antipathy to obamacare. 56% of the polls show that people don't like obamacare. i get the medicare reform. i get the paul ryan connection. >> but that's very big. don't brush over it. that's the key. >> but you have to deal with romneycare and obamacare, vin. that's what i'm saying. i'm not being hostile or anti-romney. >> that is the albatross around his neck. >> when are you going to do it? i know vin doesn't agree, but it looks like you're going to win. the question is when does the romneycare speech take place? >> i'm not sure, but the key points he's made is that he is going to support repeal of obamacare, it's his first priority when he gets elected, and he supports the ryan approach toward premium support to reform medicare which is the key to reforming medicare and the really is just fleshing out the program. >> i predict the speech doesn't happen because he knows. >> larry, he made the speech before the r
even though congressman weber is right, romney has said all the right things, but there's a lingering sense romney hasn't said enough. >> and vin, there is tremendous public antipathy to obamacare. 56% of the polls show that people don't like obamacare. i get the medicare reform. i get the paul ryan connection. >> but that's very big. don't brush over it. that's the key. >> but you have to deal with romneycare and obamacare, vin. that's what i'm saying. i'm not being hostile...
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this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> all right. so romney is set. mitt romney is set to take the stage tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. you will see it here live on cnbc. honesty, there is so much riding on tonight's speech. this is a defining moment for the entire presidential campaign. so let's talk. here now is cnbc contributor ari melber of the nation magazine and phil musser, gop consultant and former romney campaign adviser. ari, uh want to give you the first whack. what do you expect mitt romney to do and how specific do you think he'll be about taxes and economic growth which i think is a winning issue? >> i don't think he's going to be that specific. he's got to talk about the humanizing elements, what he cares about, what he believes, why people should connect to him. the problem for romney started last night with paul ryan. that speech had more substantive lies in it than most people can remember in a convention speech. the romney campaign has been on the defensive all day. i don't think they expected that when they put paul ryan on the tic
this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> all right. so romney is set. mitt romney is set to take the stage tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. you will see it here live on cnbc. honesty, there is so much riding on tonight's speech. this is a defining moment for the entire presidential campaign. so let's talk. here now is cnbc contributor ari melber of the nation magazine and phil musser, gop consultant and former romney campaign adviser. ari, uh want to give you the first whack. what do you...
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why romney is the right choice for business and the economy. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love my chevy volt. ♪ >> announcer: this is a special edition of "the kudlow report" live from the republican national convention in tampa, florida. here now is larry kudlow. >> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. in this half hour, paul ryan will unveil his vision of the new american way of governing. a reform movement within the republican party that cuts entitlement spending not to eliminate it but to save it. we're going to talk about that with two stars, south carolina governor nikki haley and marco rubio. at 42 years old paul ryan was the face of the
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they're going to put it right back to romney and play hardball. >> hang on, stay with us. joining us now is our special guest top romney surrogate, former new hampshire governor john sinunu. the governor, as always, welcome back to the "kudlow report." let me read what you told reporters on a conference call this morning. and isle quote, the president clearly demonstrated that he has absolutely no idea how the american economy functions. the men and women all over america who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses form from the ground up is how our economy became the envy of the world. it is the american way. here's the punch line. i wish this american would learn how to be an american. what do you mean by that? >> well, i probably was too harsh there. that's not the best choice of words. sometimes you say something you wish you can pull it back. but the message was clear. this. the doesn't understand the american free enterprise system. he doesn't understand the sacrifices men and women make when they start a business and they deserve credit for thei
they're going to put it right back to romney and play hardball. >> hang on, stay with us. joining us now is our special guest top romney surrogate, former new hampshire governor john sinunu. the governor, as always, welcome back to the "kudlow report." let me read what you told reporters on a conference call this morning. and isle quote, the president clearly demonstrated that he has absolutely no idea how the american economy functions. the men and women all over america who...
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is romney the right guy to make the free enterprise case against obama? >> well, we'll see. plenty of practice in the primaries, and he's had hints of it in defending capitalism, but the key thing, larry, is consistency. hammering home tax cuts that he's proposing, getting the real proposal on free markets and health care, especially if you should be prepared, the supreme court throws this thing out in june, what do you replace it with? and the spending side he's got right. the key thing is he portrays confidence, has those specific proposals. >> he's on the trail with paul ryan. what more do you need to know? >> the fact of the matter is, he's with paul ryan now. will he do it when paul ryan is not around him. the primaries have made romney a better candidate. he has to show he can stand up and meet these attacks and go the way reagan did with optimistic proposal. >> let me bring in, strummy, i want to ask this. you won't like this and certainly you won't agree. i think obama is stepping into a big trap. he becomes the great society liberal entitlement state guy. he wants t
is romney the right guy to make the free enterprise case against obama? >> well, we'll see. plenty of practice in the primaries, and he's had hints of it in defending capitalism, but the key thing, larry, is consistency. hammering home tax cuts that he's proposing, getting the real proposal on free markets and health care, especially if you should be prepared, the supreme court throws this thing out in june, what do you replace it with? and the spending side he's got right. the key thing...
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. >> all right. so is mitt romney right on "meet the press"? is president obama's second term rotting away? and is obama care busting him the way he thought he was going to bust the gop for the 2014 midterms? how things change. all right. we are pleased to be joined tonight by bill kristol, he's founder and editor of "the weekly standard" and a very old front. great to see you. also, reuters krblgter and cohost of msnbc's "the cycle" and jim from the american enterprise institute. and in a moment, chris conover is research scholar at duke's research for health policies. i want to start out with my friend bill kristol. welcome to the show. romney really lowered the boom. rotting away, fundamentally broken promises. bill, does he have a strong point here? is obama's second-term agenda now in the dumpster? >> i think obama's first-term agenda is at risk. what was the heart of the first-term agenda? it was obama care. and i always thought it could be repealed and replaced and i think the prospects are greater now than they have been, the prospects
. >> all right. so is mitt romney right on "meet the press"? is president obama's second term rotting away? and is obama care busting him the way he thought he was going to bust the gop for the 2014 midterms? how things change. all right. we are pleased to be joined tonight by bill kristol, he's founder and editor of "the weekly standard" and a very old front. great to see you. also, reuters krblgter and cohost of msnbc's "the cycle" and jim from the american...
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>> larry, what we are doing right now is we are talking about the romney plan for i stronger middle class. we are talking about each of those components. we are talking about the specifics of those goals. how governor romney's plan would reduce the deficit. through august of this year. the deficit is $1.2 trillion. we are going to talk about championing small business and economic growth and governor romney will be talking about the need to cut taxes. corporate tax rate as well as individual tax rates because small business owners as you know tend to pay the individual tax rate. >> so we will hear new talk about the 20% income tax reduction as you say affects small business. eddy, i haven't heard it for so long that i have forgotten it is in the campaign documents. >> they are talking more about the specifics under lined each of the five parts of the plan for a stock erstronger middle c one of those is championing small business. so you will hear more about it next week. >> we'll leave it there. ed gillespie, thank you ed. i appreciate it very much. >> thank you for having me on. >> all r
>> larry, what we are doing right now is we are talking about the romney plan for i stronger middle class. we are talking about each of those components. we are talking about the specifics of those goals. how governor romney's plan would reduce the deficit. through august of this year. the deficit is $1.2 trillion. we are going to talk about championing small business and economic growth and governor romney will be talking about the need to cut taxes. corporate tax rate as well as...
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you have had it right and it will continue to be right. romney needs to get away from the top five or at least change them and anchor on the dollar. if you don't get the dollar right you won't get growth right. simple equation. 71% of the economy. forget the 1%, the 2%, the class warfare. 71% of the u.s. economy is u.s. consumption. if you get the dollar strong, up another 10, 15% from here. not the chicken little moves you have a policy of strong dollar. you will take the oil prices down sub three bucks at the pump. that will get america growing where it matters on the growth side. >> okay. the dollar is rising as the euro falls. the thing about that, keith, there is a deflationary impulse. putting aside the krougt and corn prices -- drought and corn prices, prices are deflation, but there is no economic growth to pick up the slack. in the 90s we had a strong dollar and great growth. this is different. i think it's global. i think there is a threat of global recession. >> it's good for you if you're in cash. the last i checked is problem
you have had it right and it will continue to be right. romney needs to get away from the top five or at least change them and anchor on the dollar. if you don't get the dollar right you won't get growth right. simple equation. 71% of the economy. forget the 1%, the 2%, the class warfare. 71% of the u.s. economy is u.s. consumption. if you get the dollar strong, up another 10, 15% from here. not the chicken little moves you have a policy of strong dollar. you will take the oil prices down sub...
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mitt romney's going to try to resist that argument. >> all right. we'll see. john harwood, thanks very much. our free market friday panel's going to look at all this. why is the vice president being the hatchet man? why is he going after romney? he's going after his taxes. he's going after his business success. even though romney is paying $3 million in taxes. 20 times what obama's paying. doesn't anybody take that into account? it's enough. how much is enough? we'll be right back to tell you. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medic
mitt romney's going to try to resist that argument. >> all right. we'll see. john harwood, thanks very much. our free market friday panel's going to look at all this. why is the vice president being the hatchet man? why is he going after romney? he's going after his taxes. he's going after his business success. even though romney is paying $3 million in taxes. 20 times what obama's paying. doesn't anybody take that into account? it's enough. how much is enough? we'll be right back to tell...
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>> all right, jimmy, mitt romney and the markets bounce back. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report" coming to you tonight from washington, d.c. this morning i moderated the business roundtable discussion on the ceo plan for jobs and economic growth. so sizzle story number one this evening. stocks come back thanks to a strong adp jobs report and a weird fed story that somehow they're going to buy more bonds without creating more money. it's all hooey. don't believe a word of it. we break it down in just a moment. sizzle story number two. once again, mitt romney snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a come from behind razor-thin win in ohio. but he still has a slog of a couple of months. sheer one more sizzle. the new ipad unveiled today. it's hd. it's g4. and it ipaded stocks for everyone but apple. first tonight let's turn to our market panel. maybe we can get rid of all that music that is blasting in my ear. thank you very much. we're going to do some stock market work on today's comeback. joining me now cnbc contributors michae
>> all right, jimmy, mitt romney and the markets bounce back. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report" coming to you tonight from washington, d.c. this morning i moderated the business roundtable discussion on the ceo plan for jobs and economic growth. so sizzle story number one this evening. stocks come back thanks to a strong adp jobs report and a weird fed story that somehow they're going to buy more bonds without creating more money. it's all...
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corporation, mitt romney is right. corporations are composed of human beings who organize themselves to make profits and pay themselves and pay their shareholders and all that. that's kind of a partisan tool. quote from mitt romney, but that was joe biden at his best tonight and i think in the same way that the republican ticket was very happy with the spectacular performance by paul ryan last week, democrats are going to be happy with that speech. >> certainly was fiery. next up, the man of the night, the main event. we are coming right back with president barack obama's address to the democratic national convention as he accepts their nomination for re-election. don't go anywhere. >> come and -- bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm gla
corporation, mitt romney is right. corporations are composed of human beings who organize themselves to make profits and pay themselves and pay their shareholders and all that. that's kind of a partisan tool. quote from mitt romney, but that was joe biden at his best tonight and i think in the same way that the republican ticket was very happy with the spectacular performance by paul ryan last week, democrats are going to be happy with that speech. >> certainly was fiery. next up, the man...
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you may be right. your man romney may win. i'm just saying you could wake up tomorrow morning and you will have president obama re-elected, democratic senate re-elected and the house republicans re-elected. as an astute investor, which you are, what changes here. what changes if that is the scenario? >> again, i'm not in the mind of president obama, but if he pivots, larry and he starts to be more of a pro growth, more of a pro business oriented person, we will do a lot better. if he continues the have and the have not split and the anti-business rhetoric, we are going to stagnate and we will jap japanify for a decade. none of us want that. i am just hoping that the next president will be better than the last. >> no, no. good stuff. >> one last question. you talk about the strategy and coming up the eastern sea board and we will see what happens in the next couple of hours. at this hour, are you feeling in boston like you wish you had a little more wiggle room? >> there is no question. we are all numbers guys on the table. thi
you may be right. your man romney may win. i'm just saying you could wake up tomorrow morning and you will have president obama re-elected, democratic senate re-elected and the house republicans re-elected. as an astute investor, which you are, what changes here. what changes if that is the scenario? >> again, i'm not in the mind of president obama, but if he pivots, larry and he starts to be more of a pro growth, more of a pro business oriented person, we will do a lot better. if he...
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. >> all right. and rising gop star and romney backer south carolina governor nikki haley. she tells me why she is crunching down on unions, and whether she is running for vice president. and will rick santorum now call it quits? his biggest backer, billionaire foster freeze joins me for a live exclusive interview. president obama's attempt to bully the supreme court over obamacare is backfiring. and now it looks like he is backing off. texas ag greg abbott fights back on our show against obama in another exclusive. >>> but first up, let's get the rundown on today's market sell-off. cnbc's only kayla tausche joins us with the details. all right, kayla, good evening. what can you tell us? >> no secret the bears came out of the woods today causing the worst day for stocks since march 6th, and the worst day for the nasdaq all year with the tech sector sinking 1%. about a percent and a and a half, and the dow holding at 13,74 points. telecom the only sector to close the day in the green. frontier communications getting an upgrade this weekend. at&t reaching a four-year agreemen
. >> all right. and rising gop star and romney backer south carolina governor nikki haley. she tells me why she is crunching down on unions, and whether she is running for vice president. and will rick santorum now call it quits? his biggest backer, billionaire foster freeze joins me for a live exclusive interview. president obama's attempt to bully the supreme court over obamacare is backfiring. and now it looks like he is backing off. texas ag greg abbott fights back on our show against...
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no one in their right mind believes that romney got up and said that, that you would fall to his side. the reality is -- let's just get back to your point about the stock market doubling. the reason the stock market is doubling because what obama started out doing, he didn't get done. there is no cap and trade. there is no taking -- making unions automatic. so the reality of it is, the economy, the market has grown, because a lot of the things obama wanted to do, he didn't do. >> oh, michael. >> had nothing to do with it. >> one at a time. hold on a second. >> the wonderful, wet kiss that you got from larry. >> look, the reason the stock market is doubled is profits have doubled. the reason profits have doubled is the resiliency of the great american free enterprise business community. in spite of what happens in washington, d.c. but jennifer, shouldn't romney be out there talking about cap gains and dividends and the estate tax? things that are very near and dear to investor hearts. i don't see him saying that much about it, jennifer. i think his lead would widen if he did. >> i thin
no one in their right mind believes that romney got up and said that, that you would fall to his side. the reality is -- let's just get back to your point about the stock market doubling. the reason the stock market is doubling because what obama started out doing, he didn't get done. there is no cap and trade. there is no taking -- making unions automatic. so the reality of it is, the economy, the market has grown, because a lot of the things obama wanted to do, he didn't do. >> oh,...
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mitt romney's the most underrated -- he's not perfect, your right. he's underratored. ari melber, robert costa, thank you. >>> ahead, jamie dimon speaks. more of the "meet the press" anchor dave gregory's explosive interview with jpmorgan's ceo. they got a $2 billion blunder. jamie's on the hot seat. later in the show, big government obama overreach to solve obesity. oh, no. now they want to tax fat people to balance the budget. guess what? it ain't going to work. don't forget, folks. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. "the kudlow report" is coming right back and we found a group out there that completely agrees with me. ♪ let the market take care of itself, and i promise you that soon we'll be living in bliss ♪ ♪ you don't want a recession, well, look to this creed and you might learn a lesson ♪ ♪ the kudlow creed ♪ take a good hard look at a market that's free ♪ >>> another roller-coaster week on wall street. the dow posting its worst weekly drop so far this year. almost 2%. all the major index logging a second weekly decline. but my
mitt romney's the most underrated -- he's not perfect, your right. he's underratored. ari melber, robert costa, thank you. >>> ahead, jamie dimon speaks. more of the "meet the press" anchor dave gregory's explosive interview with jpmorgan's ceo. they got a $2 billion blunder. jamie's on the hot seat. later in the show, big government obama overreach to solve obesity. oh, no. now they want to tax fat people to balance the budget. guess what? it ain't going to work. don't...
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it's states rights, mitt romney, look at me, mitt romney this is a golden opportunity. explain what is wrong with obamacare, explain how you will replace it. >> and tling to the economy, todd. he must link it to the economy. businesses large and small have frozen hiring because of the cost of obamacare and the regulations and the mandates, jonathan. i think the linkage of obamacare to the anemic economy is a killer for your man. >> he will not be able to do it because here is the bottom line, there is -- i'll critic two things, obama will win, and we're never going to repeal this health care law. americans will want the stability. >> enjoy the rationing and crappy health care. >> well have to settle another evening. thank you for being here. up next tonight, with these expanded federal tax barriers, the government will know every little thing about your business, or your own home. a former irs big wig will join us next with this horrible truth of the irs assault. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webi
it's states rights, mitt romney, look at me, mitt romney this is a golden opportunity. explain what is wrong with obamacare, explain how you will replace it. >> and tling to the economy, todd. he must link it to the economy. businesses large and small have frozen hiring because of the cost of obamacare and the regulations and the mandates, jonathan. i think the linkage of obamacare to the anemic economy is a killer for your man. >> he will not be able to do it because here is the...
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if you want to play. >> give me a winner under romney. >> right. >> you want a winner? i'm going to give you cabela's. >> guns. >> they had a w eefeak quarter, guns old well. they said that the weather was too cold and cold weather would bring in shoppers. i give you cabela's well off it's high. >> the guns are like hmo's now. it might be harder to get them two or three years from now. don't forget the epa you kcan replace those guys. with people who want coal for christmas. right. you buy america light and power. they want coal. they have the largest barge system to bring coal. don't forget, they got hurt by the coal. coal is king again, under romney. >> what about the dividend stocks? >> i think they are not going to be dumped. you have to have a scenario where bernanke is fired. we get a guy in who wants higher rate s immediately. and that is a series of things. i would be careful about the utilities. we had a storm that makes it so that every politician has figured out bash the companies. >> you got power? >> i got it sunday afternoon. >> we have none. >> and genera
if you want to play. >> give me a winner under romney. >> right. >> you want a winner? i'm going to give you cabela's. >> guns. >> they had a w eefeak quarter, guns old well. they said that the weather was too cold and cold weather would bring in shoppers. i give you cabela's well off it's high. >> the guns are like hmo's now. it might be harder to get them two or three years from now. don't forget the epa you kcan replace those guys. with people who want...
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>> all right. that of course is mitt romney. it was last year saying we should let states decide about disaster relief. as usual, president obama wants the federal government to pick up the whole tab and then some. my next guest says disasters create not better government, but bigger government. okay. i want to bring in author of "the forgotten man," a new history of the great depression. i'm not a poopposed to the -- catastrophic natural disasters. we need some help. i want to read this and get your take. regarding fema and this cash spending. under ronald reagan they did it 28 times. okay? under bill clinton, another two terms, 89 times. under george w. bush, they did it 130 times. and under barack obama, who hasn't served a full term yet, it's already up to 153 times. that suggests we're out. fema-izing ourselves if there is such a word. >> you want to be careful with that data. there's a very big year in there, 2011. yes, larry, the trend is upward. once you create an entity like fema you use it a lot. it's a toy. right? the
>> all right. that of course is mitt romney. it was last year saying we should let states decide about disaster relief. as usual, president obama wants the federal government to pick up the whole tab and then some. my next guest says disasters create not better government, but bigger government. okay. i want to bring in author of "the forgotten man," a new history of the great depression. i'm not a poopposed to the -- catastrophic natural disasters. we need some help. i want to...
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also tomorrow morning, we're going to be joined live by mitt romney. >>> all right, coming up, a live report from the weather channel. could the forecast impact voter turnout? i guess it depends on where you are. if it's tuesday it must be time for a phone call from the donald, the legendary business leader will join us for our now weekly conversation. never one to disappoint. don't miss mr. trump at 7:30 eastern. plus, the winner of the third largest powerball jackpot in history today. the single winning ticket of the $336 million jackpot was sold at a rhode island supermarket. the lucky winner will either take the jackpot in 30 yearly payments over 29 years or the lump sum of just $210 million, which is just a decent year for a ceo. first, as we head to break, check out the global market. did i that for you. check out the global market. >> for my people. >> for your people. the new republic. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space, which would render retirement plann
also tomorrow morning, we're going to be joined live by mitt romney. >>> all right, coming up, a live report from the weather channel. could the forecast impact voter turnout? i guess it depends on where you are. if it's tuesday it must be time for a phone call from the donald, the legendary business leader will join us for our now weekly conversation. never one to disappoint. don't miss mr. trump at 7:30 eastern. plus, the winner of the third largest powerball jackpot in history...
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. >> the bottom line is mitt romney actually had that right and the president still to the best of my knowledge, still has not explicitly called the attack the at benghazi an act of terror. a former clinton white house aid and author of outpub numbered chronicles of a manhattan conservative. has obama said it is a pre-planned terrorist attack? >> i have yet to hear it. he went on "the view" and went before the u.n., those were all opportunities and some cases where he was asked directly was this a terrorist attack. joy behar said hillary clinton defined this as a terror attack are you willing to do the same? he talked about the video and said we don't have enough information we're still investigating. how could they still be investigating and he not know at that point but several days later in the rose garden he did know. the time line doesn't make sense. >> are we wrong, keith? >> you're both completely wrong, you're wrong because several days later doesn't make any sense. it was the day after the attack when president obama went to the rose garden. you just played the videotape. he
. >> the bottom line is mitt romney actually had that right and the president still to the best of my knowledge, still has not explicitly called the attack the at benghazi an act of terror. a former clinton white house aid and author of outpub numbered chronicles of a manhattan conservative. has obama said it is a pre-planned terrorist attack? >> i have yet to hear it. he went on "the view" and went before the u.n., those were all opportunities and some cases where he was...
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"kudlow" coming right back. >>> mitt romney's going to be the next president of the united states. the 45th president. the president seems stuck. whether you look at state polls, national polls b. 48%, that is a deadly number for him. that's undecideds are going to break toward mitt romney. i think he's going to win about 300 electoral votes, 51-49 in the popular vote, he'll be the 45th president. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> mitt romney energized nearly 30,000 supporters in pennsylvania last night. pennsylvania. late today the campaign announced he'll be back in the keystone state to rally voters tomorrow. the last time pennsylvania elected a
"kudlow" coming right back. >>> mitt romney's going to be the next president of the united states. the 45th president. the president seems stuck. whether you look at state polls, national polls b. 48%, that is a deadly number for him. that's undecideds are going to break toward mitt romney. i think he's going to win about 300 electoral votes, 51-49 in the popular vote, he'll be the 45th president. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way...
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the question is is mitt romney, i'll go to you, jennifer, is he makinging the right response? because it has to be upbeat and optimistic. he can't trash the economy. too many conservatives are denying that the jobs are getting better. they are getting better. i'm a conservative. jobs are getting better. but we still have an unemployment problem and we still have an economic problem. is romney making the sale? >> well, occasionally he does. and he's got to make that more consistently. his argument has to be that we can do better, that if you look at the recovery under reagan it was faster, it was more robust. this is anemic. >> why doesn't he use reagan? that's a great point. why doesn't he cite the reagan recovery as a goal, as a target? >> well, he should listen to us more often. and his campaign would be going better. >> candidates play unfortunately to where they are and where they need to run. primaries are coming up. this is why he's using this tact. i'd like to hear more about taxes. but right now he's going to play in the southern states -- >> southerners love tax cuts.
the question is is mitt romney, i'll go to you, jennifer, is he makinging the right response? because it has to be upbeat and optimistic. he can't trash the economy. too many conservatives are denying that the jobs are getting better. they are getting better. i'm a conservative. jobs are getting better. but we still have an unemployment problem and we still have an economic problem. is romney making the sale? >> well, occasionally he does. and he's got to make that more consistently. his...
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all right. from cnbc hq, send to you romney's and obama's headquarters. phil lebeau kicks it off from chicago. phil? >> reporter: here this chicago, making final preparations for the president to speak with 10,000 supporters either late tonight or more likely early tomorrow morning. president obama voted early two weeks ago here in chicago. meanwhile, vice presidented by opinion and his wife voted this morning in delaware, they fly here to watch election night returns with the president and first lady. the story from here at president obama's campaign headquarters. back to you. >> okay, so the question here is -- >> i'm here. >> campaigning on election day in the battleground state of ohio, also a last-minute stop in pennsylvania, he and wife, ann romney, did vote in the boston suburb of belmont before he went back out on the trail. it will be a long time before we see rom noint stage behind us to either claim his prize as the next president of the united states or offer a sobering concession speech. >>> how do you plate market if you wake one no clear wi
all right. from cnbc hq, send to you romney's and obama's headquarters. phil lebeau kicks it off from chicago. phil? >> reporter: here this chicago, making final preparations for the president to speak with 10,000 supporters either late tonight or more likely early tomorrow morning. president obama voted early two weeks ago here in chicago. meanwhile, vice presidented by opinion and his wife voted this morning in delaware, they fly here to watch election night returns with the president...
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nbc news, let's recap right now, has projected that mitt romney is the winner in the state of indiana. and there you see 11 electoral votes in the romney column. nbc news also projecting mitt romney the winner in the state of kentucky with 8 electoral votes based on 5% of the polling data in. president obama is the projected winner in vermont as expected. that is 3 electoral votes. >> we still have too early to call in georgia according to nbc news, that is the same case in south carolina, too early to call, and in virginia, it is too close to call according to nbc news. so again, we are waiting on virginia and you mentioned a great point because virginia has been obama territory for so long. >> it was in the last election and as i said, larry, the new virginia is different from the old virginia. much more of the vote concentrated in those suburben and increasingly urban feeling counties in northern virginia. >> we have our all stars right here, larry kudlow, steve liesman and rick santelli. brian sullivan with us from democracy plaza in new york city. >> on the virginia thing, absolu
nbc news, let's recap right now, has projected that mitt romney is the winner in the state of indiana. and there you see 11 electoral votes in the romney column. nbc news also projecting mitt romney the winner in the state of kentucky with 8 electoral votes based on 5% of the polling data in. president obama is the projected winner in vermont as expected. that is 3 electoral votes. >> we still have too early to call in georgia according to nbc news, that is the same case in south...
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now, mitt romney changed his tax plan, right? he's got pretty good tax reform plan, supply side 20% tax cut. then didn't have that until the primaries forced him into it. now, question, do you have confidence he'll develop a better romney care versus obama care message? because if he doesn't, i don't think this is a forgone conclusion, this election. >> if you think this presidential campaign is going to be a referendum on president obama and his policies, then you cannot take obama care out of the equation. it is the principal foundational policy of this administration. and the people that are going to be hurt by this haven't been affected yet. 2014, 2015, seniors are going to be denied choice, the irs is going to start getting involved and enforcing health care law. this is going to be a disaster and we need to keep the heat on the democrats and president obama if we're going to take full advantage of the political opportunity. but i'll tell you what, you know, i've been impressed by mitt romney because in every circumstance wh
now, mitt romney changed his tax plan, right? he's got pretty good tax reform plan, supply side 20% tax cut. then didn't have that until the primaries forced him into it. now, question, do you have confidence he'll develop a better romney care versus obama care message? because if he doesn't, i don't think this is a forgone conclusion, this election. >> if you think this presidential campaign is going to be a referendum on president obama and his policies, then you cannot take obama care...
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and i think this is a real opportunity for governor romney right now to seize the reigns and to suggest that president obama's leadership hasn't worked on the economy and creating jobs. and it gives him, romney, the opportunity to say we can do better, we must do better and i'm the man to get it done. >> mayor morial, if you were advising the president, how would you tell him to play it? >> i think he hinted at a harry truman-approach. which is to contrast his plan versus a congress that sits on its hand. the president talked about his american jobs act and the fundamental need for us to do more. and i believe, and the urban league believes there needs to be more fiscal and monetary stimulus to stimulate the demand in the economy. not this idea there's nothing to do. i was struck by governor romney in that he offered no ideas. certainly it's easy to offer a critique of the situation and of the president. but this race i think is going to be a contrast between the president's record and ideas for the future versus i think the governor's idea that the policies of the past ought to be resu
and i think this is a real opportunity for governor romney right now to seize the reigns and to suggest that president obama's leadership hasn't worked on the economy and creating jobs. and it gives him, romney, the opportunity to say we can do better, we must do better and i'm the man to get it done. >> mayor morial, if you were advising the president, how would you tell him to play it? >> i think he hinted at a harry truman-approach. which is to contrast his plan versus a congress...
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romney/ryan, 44%. look at the right direction, wrong track. that one not necessarily good news for the folks a the white house. 32 brs think the country is going in the right direction. 61% think it's on the wrong track. but flip over to the economy, you see something that's going to give folks in the romney campaign a little bit of pause here. ask if the economy is going to get better? 36% say yes. look at the jump. 18% saying the economy is going to get worse over the coming month. and then look at wall ryan and the effect he's had or more correctly, not necessarily had on this race. does adding paul ryan to this ticket make your more likely to vote for mitt romney? 22% said yes. less likely? 23% said yes. and 44% said it will not affect whether they vote for romney or not. the that spread is worse than joe biden or sarah palin had on their tickets the last time around. >> it may be a little early, eamon. is putting wisconsin in play. i think that speaks to the ryan phenomen phenomenon. we'll see. i think this falls a little early in making
romney/ryan, 44%. look at the right direction, wrong track. that one not necessarily good news for the folks a the white house. 32 brs think the country is going in the right direction. 61% think it's on the wrong track. but flip over to the economy, you see something that's going to give folks in the romney campaign a little bit of pause here. ask if the economy is going to get better? 36% say yes. look at the jump. 18% saying the economy is going to get worse over the coming month. and then...
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is romney letting this election slip right through his fingers? and importantly, why did he dial back his tax cut yesterday? if i don't know what romney's tax plan is, then i don't know how he's going to reach the middle class. in response to mirant last night and my it is pleasure with what mr. romney said, a key very senior mitt romney person calmed me today and says that mitt misspoke on dialing back tax cuts. and this senior person said mitt would like a mulligan and you know what, following beings, i'll give him a mulligan for now. but he has got to stay on message. and that importantly includes next wednesday's crucial debate. it could be his last chance. let's bring in our guest to comment on this. we have harry melver, steve moore oig and phil reducer. steve, i went off the rails and went off hfr-i was so angry at this wall street news story story. romney tempers tax plan, dialing back his tax code, suggesting that he's going to remove tax deductions from the middle class. he didn't talk a bit about take home pay and lower tax rates. and f
is romney letting this election slip right through his fingers? and importantly, why did he dial back his tax cut yesterday? if i don't know what romney's tax plan is, then i don't know how he's going to reach the middle class. in response to mirant last night and my it is pleasure with what mr. romney said, a key very senior mitt romney person calmed me today and says that mitt misspoke on dialing back tax cuts. and this senior person said mitt would like a mulligan and you know what,...
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identified mitt romney, absolutely right. he said he was going to change washington with some lofty tone and vague principles. instead, washington is more polarized and less functional. mitt romney is a get down and solve this problem guy. he'll work with democrats who want to work with him. he'll wark with our congressional leadership. democrats on the hill are all for obama, but they don't like the relationship they've had with this white house. this white house doesn't know how to work with the congress. mitt romney will put together a hard-working team that will get this done. >> this fiscal cliff. the ceo says there's a recession staring us in the face and it's not going to be easy after the election. what are the romney plans? >> i believe the house and the nat in my judgment will have the majority to pass votes to put off the taxes and allow the romney administration to reform. the question is, what would a lame duck president barack obama do when such a bill comes to his desk. i think the house republicans are going t
identified mitt romney, absolutely right. he said he was going to change washington with some lofty tone and vague principles. instead, washington is more polarized and less functional. mitt romney is a get down and solve this problem guy. he'll work with democrats who want to work with him. he'll wark with our congressional leadership. democrats on the hill are all for obama, but they don't like the relationship they've had with this white house. this white house doesn't know how to work with...
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right now they lean to romney. keep in mind here in florida if the margin of victory is less than a half percent, there's an automatic recount. we could be here late. back to you guys. >> mary, thanks very much. mary thompson live tonight in florida and again florida so far too close to call. once we have a definitive answer, we'll bring it to you. jim cramer back with us. also on the phone with us right now is congressman ron paul of texas. and former republican presidential candidate. good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> very close night as we expected. so far we're talking 82 electoral votes for governor romney versus 64 for president obama. once we know the winner the work begins. who is better at handling the biggest issue that we face over the near term? the fiscal cliff? >> i think it's even steven. neither candidate has offered to cut anything. i think spending is a problem. i think the way we budget our money is a problem. this baseline budgeting is just horrible and they don't talk a
right now they lean to romney. keep in mind here in florida if the margin of victory is less than a half percent, there's an automatic recount. we could be here late. back to you guys. >> mary, thanks very much. mary thompson live tonight in florida and again florida so far too close to call. once we have a definitive answer, we'll bring it to you. jim cramer back with us. also on the phone with us right now is congressman ron paul of texas. and former republican presidential candidate....
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the cover for it, coming right back with romney. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! . some people are never happy with the way things are. because they believe that things can always be better. we like those people. they think like us. introducing the best civic sedan yet. made possible by honda. and overborrowing and expanding its size and scope? is that the biggest economic problem we face? is that the problem with this anemic and subpar recovery? let's talk with our co-host, t.j. rodgers, founder and ceo of cypress semi conductor. you were talking about the employment numbers. i want to go large here. i know this is one of your key things. what would it take for america to get back to a reasonable government size and grow the private economy? >> you got to shrink the government and it's not talking about the deficit as milton freelandman once told me is not
the cover for it, coming right back with romney. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! . some people are never happy with the way things are. because they believe that things can always be better. we like those people. they think like us. introducing the best civic sedan yet. made...
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or is he going to play right into mitt romney's hands with romney as the clear deal maker in chief? so let's talk. you've got dave goodfriend, former clinton white house official and co-host of "left jab" on sirius xm radio. jennifer ruben, author of "the washington post" right turn blog. matt lewis. who won today between john boehner and barack obama? who won that, matt? >> i think romney probably wins today. obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the debate. but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer, try to calm him down. i want you to hear from mitt romney some little parcels of his speech in des moines, iowa. just listen to this for a minute. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across io
or is he going to play right into mitt romney's hands with romney as the clear deal maker in chief? so let's talk. you've got dave goodfriend, former clinton white house official and co-host of "left jab" on sirius xm radio. jennifer ruben, author of "the washington post" right turn blog. matt lewis. who won today between john boehner and barack obama? who won that, matt? >> i think romney probably wins today. obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the...
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. >>> all right, what did a top wall street executive miss in 2008 that is moving him into the romney camp in 2012? what does he know now that he didn't know them? arthur david is a congressman who switched parties. president and ceo of one of the nation's leading buyout organizations. okay, so what great revelation have you had that obama shouldn't be your man? >> i think it's something that's occurred over the course of the last four years, first in increments and i think after the 2010 election when it was clear that we were on the wrong track, this country was definitely moving in a direction that did not deal with the fundamental problems that we had, particularly in the form of job creation, taking advantage of that which this country has always done well, which is the entrepreneurial spirit, take advantage of our natural resources, all of those things ended up -- actually ended up becoming misused by this administration. >> okay, great, but did you not hear, did you not hear obama say to joe the plumber, that there's going to be spreading of the wealth, a little spreading of th
. >>> all right, what did a top wall street executive miss in 2008 that is moving him into the romney camp in 2012? what does he know now that he didn't know them? arthur david is a congressman who switched parties. president and ceo of one of the nation's leading buyout organizations. okay, so what great revelation have you had that obama shouldn't be your man? >> i think it's something that's occurred over the course of the last four years, first in increments and i think after...
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go on whatever you've got there, you will see right up at the top, it's the lead article, romney tempers tax cut plan. and earlier today, the sub-heading was he's dialing back the tax cut. that's not the kind of thing anybody wants to read. guys like me who are in the growth, supply side, reagan wing of the party. that is not what we want to hear. and that's not going to win for him. you know? mccain didn't win because he didn't have a real growth plan. bob dole didn't win because he didn't have a growth plan. you get my drift? you get my drift. growth republicans like reagan win. >> i get your drift, but i've got to tell you, we got a growth plan including the tax cuts at the energy plan, the trade, we're talking $12 million over ten years. it's a powerful plan. and the governor's message and including the tax reform piece of it that's going to lower the transaction costs of the code and contribute to growth. and the message is received. he will continue doing all that. but he's going to talk about -- >> i'm not a happy camper. i'm not a happy camper. >> it's half your value, larry. >>
go on whatever you've got there, you will see right up at the top, it's the lead article, romney tempers tax cut plan. and earlier today, the sub-heading was he's dialing back the tax cut. that's not the kind of thing anybody wants to read. guys like me who are in the growth, supply side, reagan wing of the party. that is not what we want to hear. and that's not going to win for him. you know? mccain didn't win because he didn't have a real growth plan. bob dole didn't win because he didn't...
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that's exactly right. that's what romney has to do. the thing he has to accomplish personally in this debate is to tear into santorum, show this guy -- people say i'm not conservative. but like newt gingrich this guy no better than i am, if you want the guy that can win, you vote for me. this is the successful strategy that romney used against gingrich. he showed, this guy is feeding at the trough as a historian lobbyist. you might think i'm bad, but this guy is certainly no better. i think that that's a good point that romney can make against santorum, certainly. >> listen, jason, i just heard dave talk about newt gingrich. first time i've heard gingrich's name in about a month whatever happened to newt gingrich? >> his campaign has been declared dead twice. i don't think we should do it again. the calendar now favors newt gingrich. if he brawls back in this debate, steals the show, which he's very capable of doing, the best debater on stage. we move into the southern states where he will have a leg up and an advantage. if he does med
that's exactly right. that's what romney has to do. the thing he has to accomplish personally in this debate is to tear into santorum, show this guy -- people say i'm not conservative. but like newt gingrich this guy no better than i am, if you want the guy that can win, you vote for me. this is the successful strategy that romney used against gingrich. he showed, this guy is feeding at the trough as a historian lobbyist. you might think i'm bad, but this guy is certainly no better. i think...
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romney went right into a call from north american energy self-sufficiently, coal as an endangered species under obama. listen. >> i like coal. i want to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. >> lots of bozos went in and bought the coal stocks. all the coal stocks on. this wrong take away, people! coal's hostage to chinese demand more than u.s. use. that's not the case for the users of coal. the users, people. and that's why i said romney's giving you a heads up to buy american electric and power, two coal building utilities that have to spend far less retrofitting facilities under romney staff epa. i would be a seller of the console energies in the pea bodies in the strength. i take down union pacific. it is the carrier of clean coal. i would never recommend a company on this show with bad fund am fundamentals. but they can be justified even with this sitting president. the pure coal plays are faltering fundamentally. there is no way i'm going to buy them based on some off handed debate patter. you want a
romney went right into a call from north american energy self-sufficiently, coal as an endangered species under obama. listen. >> i like coal. i want to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. >> lots of bozos went in and bought the coal stocks. all the coal stocks on. this wrong take away, people! coal's hostage to chinese demand more than u.s. use. that's not the case for the users of coal. the...
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. >> if it looks better, that's right -- >> it's even -- >> romney loses his main issue, right? that's his thing. >> if the economy is better than you'll fight it out over ideas. >> saul, let me ask you. steve schmitt did not think that mitt romney got the job done with the 20% tax cut and his overall economic plan to the detroit economics club, and i presume that that's one of the reasons this race is too close to call, saul. what's your take on that criticism? >> well, look, first of all, mitt romney's argument is going over well in michigan. >> i'm cautiously optimist take he's going win tonight. i think he's doing extremely well in the messaging. i've been traveling around the state and yesterday i was listening to his pitch. they want to make sure we have jobs and we have a lot of midwestern states that are hurting economically. tom tancredo, democrats may be very important to this race today. michael moore is out on the tape some place saying all his friends are going vote for santorum because he's the weaker candidate and they want to cause mischief. what about the democr
. >> if it looks better, that's right -- >> it's even -- >> romney loses his main issue, right? that's his thing. >> if the economy is better than you'll fight it out over ideas. >> saul, let me ask you. steve schmitt did not think that mitt romney got the job done with the 20% tax cut and his overall economic plan to the detroit economics club, and i presume that that's one of the reasons this race is too close to call, saul. what's your take on that criticism?...